The 5th national survey on the physical growth and development of children in the nine cities of China: Anthropometric measurements of Chinese children under 7 years in 2015

Zhang, Yaqin; Li, Hui; Wu, Hua-Hong; Zong, Xin-Nan; Zhu, Zhihua; Pan, Ying; Li, Jia; Zheng, Xingrong; Mei, Wei; Tong, Meiling; Zhou, Aifen; Hu, Yan; Chen, Wei; Zhu, Ke; Yu, Yang

doi:10.1002/ajpa.23224

Cited by 38 publications

(43 citation statements)

References 30 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Unclassified

Order By: Relevance

“…The regional growth trend in children in our study was similar to others' reports [7,[15][16][17]. Zhang illustrated an increasing trend in weight and height that decelerated from 2005, especially in developed cities of China [7,15]. These ndings re ect again that rapid social and economic development has positive effects on children's physical growth, especially in economically undeveloped regions.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 90%

“…The urban-suburban difference in physical growth has been shrinking since 2015. The regional growth trend in children in our study was similar to others' reports [7,[15][16][17]. Zhang illustrated an increasing trend in weight and height that decelerated from 2005, especially in developed cities of China [7,15].…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 89%

“…The body weight, body length/height and head circumference (HC) were measured using standardized methods by two trained investigators. The details of measurements were reported in previous papers [15].…”

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

See 2 more Smart Citations

Anthropometric Changes in Children Under 7 Years old in Nanjing, China from 1995 to 2015

Chen

Dong

et al. 2020

Preprint

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Background: To date, there have been several reports about regional trends in physical growth in children of different races around the world. However, no studies on this trend have been reported in Nanjing, China. We decided to assess regional trends in body weight, length/height and head circumference in children (0-7 years old) in Nanjing over the past two decades from 1995 to 2015 and the relationship between socioeconomic development and the trend for increased physical growth.Methods: The results for body weight, length/height and head circumference in 0- to 7-year-old children were obtained from three repeated cross-sectional surveys that were performed using the same methods in the same urban and suburban areas of Nanjing in 1995, 2005 and 2015. The differences in mean values between urban and suburban boys and girls and the increases per decade were compared. Socioeconomic indicators were collected and analysed.Results: There was positive regional growth in height, weight and head circumference of children in Nanjing from 1995 to 2015. The trend for increased height and weight of urban children in the second decade was obviously slower, especially in urban areas. Before 2.5 years old, negative increases in weight and height in urban children were observed. The growth of head circumference from 2005 to 2015 underwent a visibly negative regional change.Conclusion: The increased growth due to rapid social and economic development gradually disappeared, and genetic potential might have been seen in developed areas.

show abstract

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 90%

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 89%

See 1 more Smart Citation

Anthropometric Changes in Children Under 7 Years old in Nanjing, China from 1995 to 2015

Chen

Dong

et al. 2020

Preprint

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…The latest child growth standards were developed by the Capital Institute of Pediatrics using data from the 5th Physical Development Survey implemented in nine cities in 2015. However, the weight, length/height, and head circumference of children under 3 years of age in the urban areas of the nine cities in 2015 did not increase significantly compared with 2005 [16]. This study still chooses the growth standards published in September 2009 for analysis [17].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Differences between WHO Growth Standards and China Growth Standards in Assessing the Nutritional Status of Children Aged 0–36 Months Old

Tian

Gao

Sha

et al. 2019

IJERPH

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Background: At present, whether to use the World Health Organization’s (WHO) growth standards or native growth standards to assess the nutritional status in a given population is unclear. This study aimed to compare the differences between the WHO’s growth standards and China’s growth standards in assessing the nutritional status of children aged 0~36 months. Methods: We used z-scores to evaluate the nutritional status of children. The weight-for-age z-scores (WAZs), length/height-for-age z-scores (LAZ/HAZs), and weight-for-length/height z-scores (WLZ/WHZs) were calculated using the WHO’s growth standards and China’s growth standards. MeNemar’s test was used to compare the nutritional status of children. Results: The results in this study showed that there were differences between the WHO’s standards and China’s standards in assessing children’s nutritional status except for stunting and obesity. The prevalence of underweight assessed using China’s standards was higher than when using the WHO’s standards (except when 3 and 36 months old). The prevalence of wasting was significantly higher when assessed using China’s standards than when using the WHO’s standards from 12 to 36 months. The prevalence of overweight was higher when assessed using the WHO’s standards from 3 to 8 months. Conclusions: Both the WHO’s and China’s growth standards are useful measures in assessing children’s nutritional status but with key significant differences. Therefore, caution should be taken in selecting appropriate measures in a given population.

show abstract

“…В-третьих, переход на стандарты ВОЗ позволяет уни-фицировать методику оценки физического развития детей и подростков и делает результаты, полученные в разное время в разных странах и регионах мира, сопоставимыми, что особенно актуально в период глобализации и мигра-ционных процессов [10][11][12]. В настоящее время нормы роста детей в возрасте до 5 лет (Child Growth Standards for Children) считают признанной методикой для оценки роста и развития детей в 125 странах мира [13,14].…”

unclassified

Is There Really a Need to Create «regional Percentile Curves» of Weight-Height Parameters? (Comment to the Article by Rita R. Kildiyarova «assessing Physical Development of Children With Percentile Diagrams»)

Макарова¹

2017

Vopr. sovr. pediatr.

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

The 5th national survey on the physical growth and development of children in the nine cities of China: Anthropometric measurements of Chinese children under 7 years in 2015

Cited by 38 publications

References 30 publications

Anthropometric Changes in Children Under 7 Years old in Nanjing, China from 1995 to 2015

Anthropometric Changes in Children Under 7 Years old in Nanjing, China from 1995 to 2015

Differences between WHO Growth Standards and China Growth Standards in Assessing the Nutritional Status of Children Aged 0–36 Months Old

Is There Really a Need to Create «regional Percentile Curves» of Weight-Height Parameters? (Comment to the Article by Rita R. Kildiyarova «assessing Physical Development of Children With Percentile Diagrams»)

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About